Elsa Lanchester


Elsa Lanchester Profile Photo
Actress

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester  (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English-American character actress with a long career in theatre, film and television. Lanchester studied dance as a child and after the First World War began performing in theatre and cabaret, where she established her career over the following decade. She met the actor Charles Laughton in 1927, and they were married two years later. She began playing small roles in British films, inc...

Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UK

Date of Birth: Oct 28, 1902

Date of Death: Dec 26, 1986


Filmography

Actress (63 Known Credits)


Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Herself (archive footage)

Murder by Death

Jessica Marbles

Arnold

Hester

Willard

Henrietta Stiles

Rascal

Mrs. Satterfield

Me, Natalie

Miss Dennison

In Name Only

Gertrude Caruso

The Dick Cavett Show

Herself - Guest

Blackbeard's Ghost

Emily Stowecroft

Easy Come, Easy Go

Madame Neherina

That Darn Cat!

Mrs. MacDougall

Mary Poppins

Katie Nanna

Pajama Party

Aunt Wendy

Honeymoon Hotel

Chambermaid

Bell, Book and Candle

Aunt Queenie Holroyd

The Glass Slipper

Widow Sonder

Hell's Half Acre

Lida O'Reilly

3 Ring Circus

The Bearded Lady

Dreamboat

Dr. Mathilda May Coffey

Les Miserables

Madame Magloire

Mystery Street

Mrs. Smerrling

Buccaneer's Girl

Madame Brizar

The Petty Girl

Dr. Crutcher

Frenchie

Countess

Come to the Stable

Amelia Potts

The Big Clock

Louise Patterson

Northwest Outpost

Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana

The Razor's Edge

Miss Keith

Passport to Destiny

Ella Muggins

Lassie Come Home

Mrs. Carraclough

Thumbs Up

Emma Finch

Tales of Manhattan

Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith

Vessel of Wrath

Martha Jones

Rembrandt

Hendrickje Stoffels

The Bride of Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Bride

Naughty Marietta

Madame d'Annard

The Ghost Goes West

Miss Shepperton

The Officers' Mess

Cora Melville

Comets

Herself

Daydreams

Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence

Herself (archive footage)
The Monster's Bride
Herself (archive footage)
Jessica Marbles
Arnold (1973)
Hester
Julia Hawthorn
Willard (1971)
Henrietta Stiles
Rascal (1969)
Mrs. Satterfield
Me, Natalie (1969)
Miss Dennison
In Name Only (1969)
Gertrude Caruso
The Dick Cavett Show (1968 - 1995)
Herself - Guest
Emily Stowecroft
Madame Neherina
Mrs. MacDougall
Mary Poppins (1964)
Katie Nanna
Pajama Party (1964)
Aunt Wendy
Chambermaid
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
Miss Plimsoll
Widow Sonder
Red Queen
Lida O'Reilly
3 Ring Circus (1954)
The Bearded Lady
Megaera
Dreamboat (1952)
Dr. Mathilda May Coffey
Madame Magloire
Mrs. Smerrling
Madame Brizar
Dr. Crutcher
Frenchie (1950)
Countess
Martha
Amelia Potts
The Big Clock (1948)
Louise Patterson
Matilda
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
Mrs. Oates
Miss Keith
Ella Muggins
Mrs. Carraclough
Mamie
Thumbs Up (1943)
Emma Finch
Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
Emily Creed
Martha Jones
Rembrandt (1936)
Hendrickje Stoffels
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Bride
Madame d'Annard
Clickett
Miss Shepperton
Anne of Cleves
Cora Melville
Therese
Thompson
Comets (1930)
Herself
Lady
Blue Bottles (1928)
Elsa
Daydreams (1928)
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
The Tonic (1928)
Elsa

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